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Telling the stories that matter - with empathy, insight and purpose
Refugee communities from Melbourne’s south-east came together recently to compete in a soccer tournament to celebrate Refugee Week. The Refugee Week Cup, co-hosted by refugee settlement agency AMES Australia and Melbourne City Football Club, saw around 60 people from more than a dozen communities participate in the tournament, held at the Community Court, in George […]
Ninety per cent of Australians believe cultural diversity is a boon for the nation and has been a positive for decades, according to the latest annual Lowy Poll. The poll, released by the Lowy Institute on Australian attitudes, also revealed…
A new initiative to empower women from diverse backgrounds to achieve their leadership aspirations has been launched by the Victorian Government. The program, which supports culturally diverse women right across the state into leadership roles, opened recently. Minister for Women…
The Australian Human Rights Commission will lead a groundbreaking independent study to better understand and address the dangerous prevalence of racism at universities, after receiving $2.5 million in Commonwealth funding. Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman said the study will be…
A record 75.9 million people are now displaced within their own countries because of conflict and climate change-driven natural disasters, according to a new report. The Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) by the IOMs ‘Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre’ (IDMC) said…
Legendary UK filmmaker Ken Loach’s apparently final film is the story of what happens when a group of Syrian refugees are settled in a dying mining village in England’s northeast. At the start of ‘The Old Oak’, the name of…
They are the forgotten people of cities around the world – gig workers and delivery drivers who go about their difficult and often dangerous jobs with little recognition or thanks. But an Australia-first initiative is providing a safe space where…
People from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities are being targeted disproportionately by scammers offering bogus jobs, according to a new report by the National Anti-Scam Centre. The report says CALD communities were disproportionally impacted by job scams as were…
It’s an awkwardly symbolic scenario when more than 50 years after the brutal despot Idi Amin expelled South Asians from Uganda, a British Prime Minister of Indian heritage is arresting and deporting asylum seekers to Africa. The historical comparison speaks…
Ten million extra refugees could be the result of a Russian victory in the war in Ukraine. This is the view of German migration expert Gerald Knaus, who says this scenario could be ‘Horrific” in terms of the humanitarian crisis…
Refugees and asylum seekers appear to be being swept up in an apparent clean-up operation ahead of the Paris Olympic Games. Reports from France say refugees living on the streets or in squats are becoming the targets of police raids…
The world needs a “sustainable global strategy” for refugees which sees nations living up to their commitments, according to British MP and social justice advocate Sarah Champion. Ms Champion, Chair of the United Kingdom’s International Development Committee (IDC), said the…
It is with determination and empathy that Sara Nejad epitomises the theme for this year’s International Women’s Day: Inspiring Inclusion. The beloved teacher at both the University of Canberra and TAFE Queensland draws upon a wealth of experiences from the…